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§-H Club Leaders Cite
Progress Os Georgia Clubs
Fifteen million dollars.
That’s the estimated value of
farm, home, and community
projects completed by Georgia’s
144,657 Four-H Club members
in 1958, according to Miss Mar
ian Fisher, state 4-H Club lead
er. Agricultural Extension Ser
viee, University of Georgia Col
lege of Agriculture.
The boys and girls completed
349,078 projects. “Through this
project work members develop
dignity in becoming useful,
helpful and skillful,” Miss Fish
er-pointed out. “The latest re
search information from Geor
gia experiment stations is furn
ished them by county and home
demonstration agents and other
Extension workers. The real
value of such research shows
up when it is put into practice
on the farms and in the homes
and communities of these boys
and girls.”
Four-H work, which began
in-rural areas, now has spread
to include boys and girls from
urban homes and rural non
farm homes. Os the total mem
befship of the 2,555 organized
community clubs, 50.9 percent
come from farm homes; 27 per
cent from rural non-farm
homes, and 22.1 percent from
urban homes.
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| To All Newton County
‘ 4-H CLUB MEMBERS
: COMPLIMENTS
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TO NEWTON COUNTY’S 550
4-H CLUB MEMBERS
During This Special 4-H Club Week The
Nation Honors You And Your 2,000,000 Fellow
Club Members.
Based Upon Your Four-Square
: Program Os
~ HEAD - HEART - HAND - HEALTH
Your Organization Has Grown
Large and Strong.
We Join The Nation In Wishing You
Continued Growth and Success
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Covington, Georgia
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“Although we feel that a
monetary value actually cannot
be put on what these members
accomplish in better ways of
Life for themselves and their
{amilies, we do feel that incen
tive programs are useful in en
couraging them to do their best
with orojects,” Miss Fisher stat
ed. Such incentive is provided
by scores of sponsors from in
dustry and civic organizations
and individuals who offer cash,
experse-paid trips, scholarships
and nther awards to top 4-H'ers.
In 1958, $7,191.52 in college
scholarships and $13,590 in col
lege work scholarships were a
warded Georgia 4-H'ers.
From a county level right on
up to national events, 4-H'ers
pit their originality, work, and
records against those of other
4-FH’ers in a bid for top places
in their project work. Last year
2,567 county winners gave dem
onstrations at district 4-H pro
iect achievement meetings.
Thirty-five state winners went
to National 4-H Club Congress
in Chicago where they claimed
seven national championships
and one sectional one.
“Fun is part of the 4-H Club
program, too,” Miss Fisher said.
She reported that 12,246 Four-
H’ers attended county 4-H
' What Is 4-H?
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%girl or boy between 10 and 21 |
| years of age who agrees to fol- |
|low the 4-H ideals and stand- |
|ards. The main requirement is
‘an. earnest desire to “learn by
doing” which is the club slo-|
gan and to “make the best bet- |
ter” which is the 4-H motto. i
The 4-H program is a part of |
the national educational systems
lof cooperative Extension work,|
|which the USDA, the State|
Land-grant Colleges, and the|
counties share. The Federal Ex
tension Service, USDA of Wash- |
iington, D. C. gives Nationall
| Leadership and the State Ex-|
itension Service gives state!
leadership to the program. ¢
| The term “4-H” refers to|
[“kead, heart, hand and health”, ‘
lwhich are emphasized in the
{ club program. [
As in the democracy in which |
they live, 4-H’ers themselves
largely run their clubs, elect '
their officers, help plan and '
hold their meetings and select |.
their projects. These clubs se-|
lect their own programs to suit |,
the membership and the locali- |
ty in which they live. |
These 4-H’ers are guided by |
thousands of public-spirited }
Imen and women, mostly par
ents in the capacity as unpaid ]
voluntary leaders. |
Many older 4-H’ers assist the
vounger 4-H'ers also. These ]
leaders are assisted through f
their training, counseling, etc. |’
bv the Extension Agents and |
others of the Extension Service
with endless stores of informa
tion, for use by local leaders.
This information has been com
piled by specialists and others
of land grant colleges and
U.S.D.A. The leaders assist the
4-H’ers in carrying out projects
to completion, attend meetings,
visit 4-H projects, and even at
tend camps of all kinds or make
trips with these 4-H’ers.
Four H Clubs sprang up all
over the U. S. within a few
years of each other to meet
many local needs for rural
youth. Many wise and influen
tial people helped these groups
organize into this great 4-H
organization.
Georgia’s 4-H Clubs began
here in Newton County in 1905
by a corn club organized by G.|
| C. Adams then County School
| Superintendent.
In 1914 Congress passed the
Smith-Lever Act which pro
vided for cooperative extension
work in Agriculture and Home
Economics including what was
then known as “boys and girl:?.i
club work.” |
| The National 4-H emblem is |
a four leaf clover one “H” in|
| each leaf. The colors are green
|and white for the organization. '
| The 4-H Club idea now cir
| cles the globe. More than 40
gcounvtries, in widely separated)
| areas of the world, have adopt- |
'ed all or part of the plan and
ladapted it to its own needs and
| conditions. The movement in
' some places is known as 4-H
| Clubs and uses the emblem of
| a cloverleaf. Elsewhere, the lo
fical adaptation makes the pro
| gram individual. l
| The International Farm|
| Youth Exchange (IFYE) pro- |
|gram has helped the youth of
' many countries understand our
' 4-H work. In this program the
two countries exchange young|
people of high caliber and |
| through this exchange, 4-H
| ways are better understood in
| these countries. Georgia has
had a number of 4-Hers to|
participate in this program as |
| well as being host to many for- |
| eign students itself. |
Alaskan Eskimos
Enjoy Game Os
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Blanket Tossing
Americans have carried base
ball into many parts of the
world, but they may be stopped
at the door of the 49th state.
The Eskimos have their
own favorite sport — blanket
tossing.
The World Book Encyclope
dia reports, in its new article
on Alaska, that the Eskimos
stretch a large walrus hide or a
blanket three or four feet above
the ground.
Holding on to the edge of
the blanket by special hand
grips, about 20 or 30 Eskimos
toss the players into the air, as
high as 15 or 20 feet at each
throw,
The player who can bounce
the highest and keep landing on
his feet is the winner.
For Alaskans who prefer less
strenuous pastimes, the “Ice
Pool” contest is a favorite.
The contest is held at Nenana
in April or May. The winner
is the person who comes clos
est to guessing the minute when
the ice breaks up in the Nenana
camps where they participated
in educational, recreaticnal, and
inspirational activities. The
state 4-H Club Center at Rock
Eagle was the site of weekly
4-H camps, too, and during the
camp season 6,119 Four-H boys
and girls attended camps there.
THE COVINGTOR NFEWS
Forestry Project
Continued From Page 17
would just sit back, watch thei
pines grow, and count the|
money they made. l
But, I was wrong, completely |
wrong. There was work to be|
done! The trees were in badi
need need of thinning, and be- |
ing the owner this work fell toi
me. I marked all 17 acres of my |
project. That seemed like |
mighty hard work to me, but
I was well rewarded. ?
The diseased, crowded and |
crooked trees sold for s6o,|
which seemed Ilike a lot of|
money. That year I realized |
that you never get somethingg
for nothing, everything has to |
be worked for and earned if it
is worthwhile.
The next year I realized that |
my 17 acres of 15-year old trees |
were very valuable — that if|
they were managed well they |
could pay for my college edu-’
cation. But were they being
managed well? No, I had not|
protected them. That year I
worked mainly on forest man
agement. I learned that what isi
worth having is worth protect-l
ing. |
Between that year and this, I
have done a lot of work on my
project and have been well re
warded for it. I have planted
trees, sprayed trees for insects,
marked trees for improvement
cutting, put up fire prevention
signs, cut pulpwood and plowed
firebreaks.
These are the rewards I’ve re-
4-H CLUB MEMBERS
NEWTON COUNTY
550 STRONG - DURING NATIONAL 4-H CLUB WEEK - FEB. 28th THROUGH MARCH 7th!
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COMMUNITY LIVING...
This 4-H Theme Os The Year Points Up The Worthwhile Goal Os 4-H Club Work. For Research Has Showed That
Families In Which There Are Active 4-H Members More Readily Adopt Modern, Approved Methods of Farming
And Homemaking. We congratulate 4-H Boys and Girls, As Well as Their Club Leaders and Extension Agents, for
Their Able Efforts Toward “Improving Family and Community Living.”
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COVINGTON’'S NEWEST - LARGEST AND BEST
DEPARTMENT STORE
National Center
Said To Benefit
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Georgia 4-H'ers
Georgia 4-H Club members
will have a big stake in the
National 4-H Center at Wash
ington, D. C., and can expect
to benefit greatly from its pro
gram in the years ahead, ac
cording to Tommy L. Walton,
state 4-H Club leader for the
Agricultural Extension Service,
ceived for my work. I have cut
over $350 worth of pulpwood,
have been to 4-H District Pro
ject Achievement meeting in
forestry four times and taught
a forestry class at 4-H Camp.
I feel that there are two high
lights of my forestry work. One
was when I gave the report on
“Forestry in the Georgia 4-H
Program” at the 50th anni
versary meeting of the Geor
gia Forestry Association. There
I stood, representing over 9,000
4-H members who had partici
pated in the forestry program,
telling the foresters of the state
what we have done, and I was
mighty proud of the record we
‘had made. The greatest high
light was my trip to the Na
tional 4-H Club Congress in
Chicago.
~ Great and numerous have
‘been the rewards of my forestry
project — rewards such as, fi
nancial benefit, increased
knowledge, fun, poise and
leadership experience.
(Largest Coverace Any Weekly In The Sta‘s!
University of Georgia College
of Agricuiture.
Walton said this week that
Georgia’s top four 4-H boys and
girls in leadership, citizenship
and achievement will attend
the official opening of the Na
tional 4-H Club Center on June
16 as delegates to the National
4-H Conference. Future dele
gates to the national conference
will enjoy the facilities of the
national center, too, as it will
be headquarters for the annual
event which gives the 4-H’ers|
an inside view of our federal
government in action. f
Georgia’s own W. A. Sutton,
director of Extension, is recog-!
nized as one of the founding |
tathers of the National 4-H Club |
Foundation which is responsi-l‘
ble for development of the na- I‘
tional center, Walton pointedi
out. Also, Miss Eddye Ross, i!
state home demonstration lead- |
er, is a member of its Board of |
Trustees. \
Every 4-H Ciub member in |
Georgia is being given an op- |
portunity to share in complet- |
ing the national center, Walton
suid, through the 4-H Share
and Care program. Through this
program, Georgia 4-H Club
leaders have accepted a quota
of 10 cents per member, part of
which will be used to furnish
a room in the national center.
He pointed out that the center
was purchased in 1951 for about
$375,000 and is now being re
modeled for a cost of nearly
$850,000.
Located in the nation’s capi
tal, the National 4-H Center
will serve as a working monu
ment to the 4-H movement and
a leadership and citizenship
training center for 4-H members
everywhere, Walton continued.
One of its major responsibilities
will be to provide educational
training for Extension workers
with youth.
BEST WISHES
To The Newton County
4-H CLUB MEMBERS
STEELE
INSURANCE AGENCY
30 East Reynolds Street
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
Phone — 3911
Thursday, March S, 1959
Dark green and deep yellow
vegetables provide vitamin A,
necessary for normal growth
and development in children
and for general health of adults,
declares Miss Lucile Higgin
botham, health education speci
alist, Agricultural Extension